318 LEGUMINOUS PLANTS. 



Hoyal Dwarf, Plant of medium growth, with an erect 



Prussian. stem, which is three feet high. The pods 

 Cot. Gard. are near }y three inches long, generally well 



filled, and contain from five to six peas, which are ovate, 



not compressed, four-tenths of an inch long, and a third 



of an inch in thickness. The ripe seed is white. 



Plants from seed sown the 1st of May blossomed June 25, 



and supplied the table the middle of July. The crop will 



ripen the 25th of the same month. 



This is an* old and prolific variety, well adapted for field 



culture, and long a favorite in gardens, but now, to a great 



extent, superseded. 



Sebastopol. Plant of rather slender habit, three feet 



and a half in height ; pods two inches and 

 three-quarters in length, containing from five to seven peas, 

 which, when ripe, are nearly round and smooth, cream-col- 

 ored, and scarcely distinguishable, in their size, form, or 

 color, from the Early Frame and kindred kinds. 



Planted May 1, the variety blossomed June 16, afforded 

 pods of sufficient size for shelling July 7, and ripened the 

 20th of the same month. 



It is early, productive, of superior quality, and an ex- 

 cellent sort for growing for market, or in small gardens 

 for family use. In an experimental cultivation of the 

 variety, it proved one of the most prolific of all the early 

 sorts. 



Shillings Grotto. Plant with a simple stem, four feet and 



Cot. Gard. ft hfllf . to five feet high . the podg are 



generally single, three inches and a half long, and con- 

 tain, on an average, seven large peas. The ripe seed is 

 white. 



A great objection to this variety is the tardiness with which 

 it fills, the pods being fully grown, and apparently filled, 

 when the peas are quite small, and only half grown. Though 



